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Madonna’s and Kylie Minogue workout secrets
June 24, 2009
Before I get into revealing which exercise equipment Madonna and Kylie Minogue have been using to keep their over 40 bodies looking smashing, I should say this is NOT for everyone’s budget because the machine is really expensive.
That said, if you have the money (usually they start at $2,500 and it seems that is twice that the U.K.), a Power Plate machine might be worth considering.
I know you know what a Power Plate because I’m sure you’ve seen the ads in a number of magazines and if you’ve been to any big shows targeting women, there must have been a few vendors trying to entice in forking out a couple of grands for the machine.
The Power Plate machine is a vibrating exercise machine that is said to be better than aerobics or swimming at fighting flab.
Madonna or Kylie’s bodies are the celebrity examples of how this machine works beautifully well.
If you were wondering what kind of results regular women were getting, than you’ll be happy to know that women who were watching what they ate combine this to the use of a Power Plate three times per week, lost nearly twice the weight compared to women who were doing more traditional forms of exercise. There are quite a number of studies backing up the claims that the Power Plate does indeed help you effectively lose weight (and burn fat) and many have been presented in front of the European Congress on Obesity. Now, I should precise that the results also depend on participants doing other types of exercises, stick to a healthy diet AND use the Power Plate machine three times per week.
I had the opportunity to try one of these Power Plate machines and I’ll admit that at first I was quite skeptical because I thought it was another gimmick that would end up at a garage sale, but my friend Krista dragged me to a vendor’s booth during a women’s show and demanded that I get on the machine to try it. After laughing my head off (because of the intense vibration feeling), I started to take note and realized how much my legs were vibrating. It does make sense, but alas the Power Plate was not part of my fitness budget at the time.
You can check out photos of me on the Power Plate:
If you have the money or if you’re in a rush to shed unwanted pounds, then maybe a Power Plate should be part of your wish list.
That said, if you’re not fully committed to eating well, doing other types of exercises (Madonna also workouts out religiously AND she uses the Power Plate machine), then you are wasting your money.
Here are some great video showing you what the Power Plate is all about:
Power Plates Vibrating Machine basics
Here’s another great video for the VibraSlim Vibrating Machine (this is simply a different brand, but you can clearly see the guy’s body vibrating):
Here’s one more video that shows you again how your body vibrates on one of those vibrating machines … this is a video for the Crazy Slim V3 Vibrating Exercise Machine:
Here’s an advert for the Vibra Slim (Celebrity trainer Dr. John Spencer Ellis gives an in-depth explanation … this is a brilliant video because it’s an amazing explanation):
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